Friday 31 December 2021

1424) Alexander Charles Vasa

Alexander Charles Vasa (1614 – 1634). Fifth son of King Sigismund III of Poland and his wife Constance of Austria.

During the election of 1632 he supported his brother Vladislaus IV Vasa. After his voyage to Italy and Germany in 1634, Alexander supported the movement for the war with Ottoman Empire, but died of smallpox before he had any significant influence on the events.
 

 

Sunday 19 December 2021

1423) Marie Steiner-von Sivers

Marie Steiner-von Sivers (born Marie von Sivers, 1867 – 1948). Second wife of Rudolf Steiner and one of his closest colleagues. She made a great contribution to the development of anthroposophy, particularly in her work on the renewal of the performing arts (eurythmy, speech and drama), and the editing and publishing of Rudolf Steiner's literary estate.

Marie von Sivers was born to an aristocratic family in Włocławek, Poland, then part of Imperial Russia. She was well-educated and was fluent in Russian, German, English, French and Italian. She studied theater and recitation with several teachers in Europe.

She "appeared one day" at one of Rudolf Steiner's early lectures in 1900. In the autumn of 1901, she posed the question to Steiner, "Would it be possible to create a spiritual movement based on European tradition and the impetus of Christ?" Rudolf Steiner later reported: "With this, I was given the opportunity to act in a way that I had only previously imagined. The question had been put to me, and now, according to spiritual laws, I could begin to answer it."

Marie von Sivers collaborated with Steiner for the rest of Steiner's life and carried his work beyond his death in 1925 until her own death in 1948.
Starting in 1912, Rudolf Steiner developed the art of eurythmy. With Marie's guidance, it developed in three directions: as a stage art, as an integral part of Waldorf pedagogy, and as a therapeutic method. Under her tutelage, two schools of eurythmy were founded, in Berlin and in Dornach, Switzerland.
 
At the moment we don't have written sources about her hair colour, but only the portrait below, attributed to the Dutch painter and illustrator Louise Alexandrine van Blommestein.

 

 



 

Wednesday 8 December 2021

1422) Arlene Dahl

Arlene Carol Dahl (1925 – 2021). American actress active in films from the late 1940s. She had three children, the eldest of whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas.

She was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants.

She worked for MGM, Eagle-Lion, Paramount, Universal and Columbia, as well as in TV productions.

In 1952, Dahl began writing a syndicated beauty column and opened Arlene Dahl Enterprises in 1954, marketing cosmetics and designer lingerie.

In 1953, on the set of the film Sangaree, Dahl met Fernando Lamas, whom she would marry the following year.

In 1956 she starred in the film noir Slightly Scarlet, alongside Rhonda Fleming, another red-haired star.

 

- "Moving to Hollywood, the cameras loved Dahl and audiences fell for her flaming red hair and trademark beauty spot." https://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/.../arlene.../832.html
 
- "With her titian-red hair, Arlene Dahl counts among the most attractive actresses of the motion picture city..." https://www.lex-barker.com/index.php?lang=eng&med=scr...
 
- "She is forever known as one of the great beauties in motion pictures with her trademark red hair and for being paired with Hollywood’s most famous leading men." https://www.thepaulleslie.com/arlene-dahl-actress-author.../